IEPI Pathways Workshop

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January 26, 2017

Jeff ArchibaldCommunication Professor, Academic Senate President,Mt. San Antonio College

Marcy AlancraigEnglish Faculty,Cabrillo College

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Sonya ChristianPresident, Bakersfield College

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Four Pillars of Guided Pathways

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Four Pillars of Guided Pathways

Pillar I:

Clarify the PathCurriculum

Systems

Guidance

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Reggie BoltonHealth and Physical Faculty

Jennifer JohnsonDepartment Chair, Nursing

Michelle PenaAssistant Director, Admissions & Records

Four Pillars of Guided Pathways

Strong Workforce

Start with the end in mind

• What’s the job?

• What’s the salary?

• How long will it take me to get there?

Strong Workforce

Broaden & Enhance Career Exploration

• Early career education

• Dual enrollment

• Industry advisories

Strong Workforce

Make the work and education relevant

• Internships • Student Employment

• Work-based learning • Apprenticeship

• Contextualize learningo Embed career related content into GE courseso Develop applied English and Math courses that meet

both CTE and Associate degree requirements

Strong WorkforceProduce highly-skilled and knowledgeable workforce

• Increase qualified workers

• Meet local workforce demand

• Employer sought hard and soft skills

• Regional coordination

Marcy AlancraigEnglish Faculty,Cabrillo College

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Making the Case for Guided Pathways

Cabrillo Overview

• Who Led the Effort? Leading from the Middle Team • How Long? One Year • What activities? Brown bag discussions, Institutes,

outside speakers• When? All of 2016• Why? College culture and politics• Where did you begin? College success data and case studies

based on our students’ experiences

= disproportionate impact by 80% rule

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Completion Rate "Unprepared for College"

Actual Rate Goal

Is this Okay?

• Only 42% complete something after 6 years

• Cabrillo is 24 out of 28 overall and 26 out of 28 for remedial students

• Our overall goal is only 31% for remedial students but we are at 28%, down from 37% in 2005-2006

Activities

Spring/ Summer 2016

Book DiscussionBrown Bag: ABCs of Guided Pathways (intro with data)2-day Institute (data & case studies used here)

Fall 2016

• Rob Johnstone Keynote Address and flex workshop

• Rob visit to campus• Sort the Majors Brown Bag• Engaged Practitioner Brown Bag• Working Groups Brown Bag• Resolutions of Support from

Academic Senate and Board

What’s Next?

• Application to CA Pathways Project• Working Groups on 4 Pillars of GP• Creating a Leadership Structure

Retreat• 3 more brown bags• 2 more visits from Rob

Advice

• Know your college culture.• Make activities experiential and fun.• Never underestimate the capacity for denial of data.• Have activities for newbies and those who already are

aware so you keep building capacity.• Expand leadership as much as possible.• Be patient. This will take a long time.

Jeff ArchibaldCommunication Professor, Academic Senate President,Mt. San Antonio College

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Mt. SAC Timeline• February 2016 – First Institute – faculty leaders

• March 2016 – Pathways Implementation Group formed

• April 2016 – Second Institute – mapping faculty

• May 2016 – Pathways Summit (meta-majors & mapping)

• Summer 2016 – Student Focus Groups

• August 2016 – Pathways Summit II (program mapping)

• October 2016 – Third Institute – Counseling and Basic Skills faculty

• October 2016 – Pathways Summit III (program mapping)

• December 2016 – Pathways Summit IV (contextualized learning)

Mt. SAC Best Practices

Start with researchBuild coalitions / working groups

• Pathways Steering Group (classified, managers, faculty)• Counseling / Discipline faculty meetings• Counseling planning retreats

Involve students at all stages!!Get multiple perspectives on the pathways

• Counselors, students, and non-discipline faculty see programs differentlyChanges have to happen on multiple fronts

• Process, systems, and planning

Mt. SAC Experience & Observations

• Highlights good work we are already doing

• Encourages looking at the College/programs from the student perspective

• Produces a critical self-examination of programs

• Departments examining scheduling practices

• Dialogue between counseling faculty and program faculty

• Illustrates the importance of faculty buy-in

• Collaboration between campus groups done the “Mt. SAC way”

Mt. SAC Pathways Summit

Mt. SAC “Career Clusters”

• Arts & Design• Aviation, Electronics, &

Manufacturing• Business & Information

Technology• Health, Wellness, & Public

Service

• Humanities & Communication• Plants & Animals• Sciences• Teaching & Education